The Word Squad

Writing Contest Tips

The Visions In Education Writing Contest deadline, April 15, is around the corner.  For the 2013 contest, we invite students to participate in the This I Believe ® essay contest.  Students are encouraged to write a 500-word statement about a personal belief.  This contest is open to all Visions students in grades K-12.  Younger students may write using any genre they would like to express their belief.  To read more about our contest guidelines and view curriculum resources, visit our Writing Contest page in The Word Squad.

If you would like to read some wonderful student models of This I Believe essays, click the following links.  The first essay is written by eleventh grader, Josh Stein.  Josh's essay, "A Triumph of Kindness," explores how an incident on the Little League field taught him about human kindness.  The second essay is titled "Find a Good Frog," by Delia Montavalli, a ninth grader.  In this essay, the author examines the impact of childhood fairy tales and eventually arrives at her own definition of "happily ever after."

Please submit all writing contest entries to thewordsquad@viedu.org by midnight of April 15, 2013.  We look forward to reading all submitted writing contest entries!

The Word Squad Staff